Garment



Patented Nov. 11, 1941 GARMENT James Lenaghan and Julian F. Goodenow,Kansas City, Mo., asslgnors to Goodenow Textiles Company, Kansas City,Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application January 14, 1939, Serial No.250,987

1 Claim.

ment in such a manner as to equalize the strains thereon normallyincident to wearing the garment or putting it on and taking it off; toprovide a garment the several parts of which wear uniformly; to providea garment which is comfortable to the wearer; and to provide an imyproved reinforcement together with an improved arrangement thereforrelative to the garment which it reinforces.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the present invention, wehave provided improved details of structure, the preferred form of whichis illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a garment ernbodying the features of thepresent invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through the garment illustrated inFig. l on the line 2-2 thereof.

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail plan views of the respective parts of thereinforcement in disassembled relation to the garment Aand to eachother.

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail fragmentary plan views of the blanks from whichparts of the front and leg panels are formed, the reinforcements for thegarment being shown applied thereto prior to forming the garment.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the finished garmentreinforced in accordance with the present invention, one of the legs ofthe garment being folded to better illustrate the relation of thevarious parts of the garment.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

I designates a garment embodying the features of the present inventionwhich preferably includes a waist band 2 from which depend leg members 3and 4 and a seat member 5. The side edges of the leg members arepreferably joined to each other by stitching or the like as indicated atE, to the side edges of the seat member, by stitching or the like asindicated at 1, Fig. 2, and to the lower edge of the seat member by thestitching 8, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The inner front edges of the leg members are preferably arranged tooverlap each other to form inner and outer ily members 9 and I0respectively, which may be removably secured to each other in a suitablemanner as indicated by the fastening devices II.

It has been found that noticeable signs of wear in a garment of thischaracter first appear in the crotch and lower fly portions of thegarment and it has therefore been found desirable to reinforce thoseportions of the garment which first show signs of wear in order toprovide a garment which wears uniformly.

To this end, the crotch and y portions of the garment are reinforced bya patch or the like I2, the parts of which are indicated at I3 and I4 inFigs. 3 and 4. l

As a matter of practice, the patch parts I3 and I4 are preferablyapplied to the garment forming blanks prior to the actual formation ofthe garment. For example, the patch part I3 is appiled to the leg blankI5, Fig. 5, in such a manner that the inner edge I6 of the lower sectionI1 thereof is substantially coincident with the inner edge I8 of theblank I5 between the points I9 and 20 thereof. The inner edge 2| of theupper section 22 of the patch part I3 is so arranged as to be set back`from the inner edge 23 of the blank I5, the blank I5 and patch part I3being notched, as shown `at 24 to admit of folding the inner edge of theblank substantially along the edge 2I of the patch part throughout thelength of the blank above the notch 24 after which it may be sewed in asuitable manner to finish that portion of the garment.

The patch part I4 is of substantially similar i character, except that anotch is preferably not provided between the inner edge 25 of the uppersection 26 and the edge 21 of the lower section 28 of the patch part.The edge 25 of the patch part I4 is, however, preferably arranged to besecured to the blank 29 forming the leg member 4 of the garment alongthe inner edge 30 thereof after folding the hidden edge 3 IA of theblank inwardly to nish that portion of the garment, the edge 3l of theblank 29 corresponding to the opposite edge 23 of the blank I5.

The top edges 21 and 32 of the lower sections 28 and I1 of therespective patch parts are preferably arranged in coincident relationwith the edges 33 and 34 of the blanks I5 and 29 respectively, whichedges 21--32-33-34 are arranged to be joined as shown at 35, Fig. 7, bystitching or the like 6, the lower inner edges I8 and 36 of the blanksI5 and 29 being turned inwardly and rearwardly relative to each other insuch a manner as to place the edges IG and 31 in a position adjacent thebottom edge of the seat member 5 where they may be joined to the seatmember as by stitching shown at 38 in Fig. 7. The outer edges 39-4-4Iand 42-43-44 of the respective patch parts may-be appropriately designedto enhance the appearance of the garment and to eiiiciently cooperatewith the particularly described inner edges of the patch parts inconjunction with the stitching and leg and seat forming blanks toreinforce the garment in the crotch portion thereof.

As a matter of practice, peripheral tabs 45, 46, 41, and 48 may beprovided on each of the patch parts, the inside edges of which,contiguous to the patch parts per se, dene the outer edges of the patchparts when the same are secured to the garment in the manner indicatedin Figs. 1 and 7, the tabs preferably being turned under while thestitching is being performed in order to secure the patch parts andprovide a finished appearance for the garment.

When the inner edges of the leg blanks are joined, as above described,the ly members 9 and i0 may be overlapped in relation to each other andsecured in overlapped relation by stitching or the like 49, Fig. 7.

With the arrangementv described, the patch parts i3 and I4 reinforce thegarment in the crotch portion thereof and appear to form a point 50 atwhich strains on the garment center as a result of either pulling thegarment on or off or merely wearing the garment. The point v 5@ of thegarment is reinforced not only by the patch parts, which are joinedthereto, but also by the stitching connecting the patch parts to thevarious parts of the garment.

The reinforcement for the garment is so arranged as to form a neatappearing adjunct to the garment and has been found not to bulge orotherwise tend to cause discomfort to the wearer. The reinforcement hasalso been found to equalize the strains placed upon the garment.

and to prevent shifting of parts of the garment in relation to eachother and the garment maintains its fit thus enhancing the comfort ofthe wearer.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a garment of the character described, a blank having an inner edgeprovided with a notch, a reinforcement for the blank comprising a patchhaving a lower section, the inner edge of which is attached to and iscoincident with the inner edge of said blank below the notch, said patchhaving an upper section provided with an inner edge attached to andspaced inwardly from the inner edge of the lower section and from theinner edge of the blank a distance equal to a predetermined fold of theblank and dening a fold line on which the blank is folded to furnish afly member, a second blank having an inner edge provided with a notch,and a second reinforcement for the second blank comprising a patchhaving a lower section, the inner edge of whichis attached to and iscoincident with the inner edge of said blank below said notch, saidsecond patch having an upper section provided with an inner edgeattached to and spaced inwardly from the inner edge of the lower sectionand from the inner edge of said second blank above the notch a distanceequal to a predetermined fold of the blank and deiining a fold line onwhich said second blank is folded to furnish a ily member for thegarment cooperating with the first named y member.

JAMES LENAGI-IAN.

JULIAN F. GOODENOW.

